Viewpoint and subjective construal across languages: English inversion, associated strategies and their Chinese renditions in multiple parallel texts

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F20%3A00114570" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114570 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://benjamins.com/catalog/cogls.00060.lu" target="_blank" >https://benjamins.com/catalog/cogls.00060.lu</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cogls.00060.lu" target="_blank" >10.1075/cogls.00060.lu</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Viewpoint and subjective construal across languages: English inversion, associated strategies and their Chinese renditions in multiple parallel texts

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The present study explores the viewpointing function of word order inversion and associated stylistic strategies across languages, comparing English-Chinese multiple parallel texts as illustration. In particular, I investigate whether the cognitive strategy of inverting the word order to create a subjective construal is similar in both languages, and to what extent. To answer the question, I examined selected excerpts with inversion written in English and their multiple translations in Mandarin Chinese, to see how the subjective construals in the English originals are rendered. I find that in addition to inversion, the English samples exhibit a zoom-in effect through use of punctuation, the participial clause, and an ad hoc schema of [some] – [X] with the middle three instantiations sharing an identical phonological schema. The identical phonological schema and the shared narrative viewpoint makes the three instantiations iconic. In comparison, the Chinese renditions employ the presentative construction and a focus particle to approximate the character-based viewpoint, but the zoom-in effect is not present in any of the Chinese versions. Another important difference is the generally longer iconic part in the Chinese versions, due to the productivity of four-character templates at the phonological pole in Mandarin Chinese.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Viewpoint and subjective construal across languages: English inversion, associated strategies and their Chinese renditions in multiple parallel texts

Popis výsledku anglicky

The present study explores the viewpointing function of word order inversion and associated stylistic strategies across languages, comparing English-Chinese multiple parallel texts as illustration. In particular, I investigate whether the cognitive strategy of inverting the word order to create a subjective construal is similar in both languages, and to what extent. To answer the question, I examined selected excerpts with inversion written in English and their multiple translations in Mandarin Chinese, to see how the subjective construals in the English originals are rendered. I find that in addition to inversion, the English samples exhibit a zoom-in effect through use of punctuation, the participial clause, and an ad hoc schema of [some] – [X] with the middle three instantiations sharing an identical phonological schema. The identical phonological schema and the shared narrative viewpoint makes the three instantiations iconic. In comparison, the Chinese renditions employ the presentative construction and a focus particle to approximate the character-based viewpoint, but the zoom-in effect is not present in any of the Chinese versions. Another important difference is the generally longer iconic part in the Chinese versions, due to the productivity of four-character templates at the phonological pole in Mandarin Chinese.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GC19-09265J" target="_blank" >GC19-09265J: Vliv sociokulturních faktorů a písma na percepci a kognici komplexních zrakových podnětů</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Cognitive Linguistic Studies

ISSN

2213-8722

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

Volume 7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

334-356

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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